TELEGRAM TO V. A. RADUS-ZENKOVICH

Published:First published (facsimile) in 1930 inGrazhdanskaya voina, 1918–21, Vol. III.

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July 8, 1910

Zenkovich,Chairman of the Gubernia Executive CommitteeSaratovCopy to Kurayev,Member of the Revolutionary Military Council 4Copy to Plaksin, Chairman of the Gubernia Party CommitteeCopy to KrylenkoCopy to Yaroslavsky

Telegraphas precisely as possible, if necessary in code,
what practical successes you have achieved, and whether
there is a change of mood in the garrison. It is essential
that special detachments should go round all the volosts
of the front-line area and work them over—organising the
poor peasants, removing the kulaks, taking hostages from
among them, suppressing the
“Greens”,[1]returning
deserters to duty. Particular attention to Atkarsk Uyezd and
Rtishchevo. I await a detailed factual reply.

LeninChairman, Defence Council

[1]Leninrefers to the counter-revolutionary bands marauding in the
rear of the Soviet forces.